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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
WHERE AND HOW leT IS FOUND
Claims of the whitby People in Regard
to It's Fforrnn4fon

Claims OF the Whitby People In Regard
TO It's Formation.
Jet Is a shining black substance which
is found In seams dissociated from other
black minerals, and not In the coal regions
of England, but In others, notably near
Whitby, In Yorkshire. II occurs also in
Saxony and in the amber districts ON the
Prussian shores of the Baltic. The scien-
fists maintain that it is a variety of coal,
but the Whitby folks adduce many cir
cumstances that go to prove that it must
have been at some time in a gummy or
semi-liquid state quite unlike coal from
igneous sources. Bits of vegetable SUBJ
stances are often found imbedded in it,
also flies wings and other small articles,
which favor the Wllitby theory.
The stratum called Jet rock is found
mostly at Whitby, In a sort of sllaIe,
which, when distilled, yields Ten gallons
of oil a ton. The nature of the connec-
ton between this oil and Jet cannot now
be determined, though some connection
evidently existed In past times. There is
hard Jet and soft Jet, the former being
the best. It occurs IN detached pieces,
ranging In size from domino up to those
many pounds In weight. The largest
piece ever found was six feet long. five
inches wide and one and half inches
thick. The British museum refused to
give ten guineas for it, but dealer paid
fifteen for it and cut it up into CRISES of
unusual size. How long Jet, or black
amber, as it was formerly called. has
been worked at Whitby IS not known,
but certainly for many cenbnies.s
In tumulus or barrow near the town
the skeleton of lady was found. sup
posed to belong to the ancient British
days, before the date of tie Danish in
vasions, and with it were earrings of let
two inches long by qun1 ter of an inch
thick. They were heart shaped. with a
hole m the upper part for the wire Jet
possesses considerable electric qualities
like amber. It was made into beads and
rosaries In the middle ages by the monks.
As trade it had not much activity tin
the beginning OF the present century.
The Spaniards made beads and rosnries OF
the soft kind of Jet, and when English
ladies began to wear it m mourning the
Whitby industry began to flourish. at
first the workers used only knives and
files, but Matthew HIl discovered a
method of turning this brittle sub
stance IN lathe. The largest find
ever made was forty years ago, at North
Bats, q spot In the neighborhood
of Whitby. and consisted Of $40 pieces of
stones, valued at 81 $50. The let is
picked up on the shore, at the foot of the
cliffs, but this IS of an inferior quality.
A DANGEROUS mode Of obtaining it Is to
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
Tle A,n,rIean Trns.

The collection of portraits of Julins
Caesar in the February Scribner arc spe,-
cially noteworthy ON account of the
resemblance of the features TO the
American type. Take, for in
stance, plate a, from the bust in tho
British museum. Is not this almost
a perfect American face, such as one
meets daily, and which abounds in Now
England7 One very notable characteristic
is the small chin. The American Jaw
and chin are supposed to be deteriorat-
ing. and yet here we find their prototype
in a face some 1000 years old, and in the
features of q man whose achievements
have been the marvel of the world. With
this example before us, We are justified
in suspecting that the narrowing jaw is
an evolution of civilization, and marks a
change rather than a decline of power
Home journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
Foreign students I'm EdrnDurrh.

The Scottish universities are certainly
not SO called because they are confined to
Scottish students. In the medical classes
at Edinburgh this year nearly as many
English as Scotch students have enrolled,
the respective numbers being 71S and 7fi0.
There are so .'medicals'' from India, IN
clpding Tlakoor, of Gondal, reiening
Indian chief. 81 from Ireland, 265 from
the various British colonies, and others
from almost every country in the world.
Only 40 per cent. of the medical students
are Scottish. The total of matriculated
students is 3,635. an increase of some
], 300 in ten years, while In twenty years
the numbers have considerably more than
doubled. It is not generally known that
the lord rectorsliip was originally institu-
ted as Is protection to foreign students. In
the Oldest Scottish universities the stu
dents are divided for electoral purposes
into what are called nations, - and the
rector is elected by majority of ssna-
tons, not by majority of votes. This
does not hold in Edinburgh, where the
rectorship is of very recent origin.-St
James Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

cut down tho lace of the elm, unril a Je5
seam is reached. It IS also tuIlneled for
twenty niiles inland. near Bilsdale, In tho
Cleveland hills. The men rent the work
ings, as IN the copper and tin mines of
Cornwall, and they may work month
without coming across bit Of the
precious stuff The prices for the best
hard let is three shillings pound: for
the soft. one shilling. The Whitby.
variety is the finest known, as It is
tougher and more elastic thnn any other
and admits of higher polish. Many
articles sold IN the shops as Whitby Jet
arc derived from the Pyrenees, and are
liable to break through sudden heat or
cold. which Is due to a slight per cent. OF
sulphur IN the Spanish variety.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
Tho Earth ! worI..l,on.

But this revolving old planet was not
fitted up for a hospital or as resort for
pleasure seekers; it's workshop and a
school of instruction for healthy, strong
neryed men and women. And the very
rigors of climate, of which complaint is
SO frequently made, constitute essential
conditions m the development of the
highest types of physical and intellectual
manhood. 1t IS well recognized fact
estate in countries and climates where
the elements quicken mans energies,
necessitating a struggle for existence
Inter Ocean
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
Cost Of a civ EIoc.,o,

A letter in The New York Commercial
Advertiser presents some very interesting.
not to say startling, facts as to the use 81
money IN elections IN that city,, Accord
ing to the writer's estimate the amount
OF money involved in every city election
reacilt5 pea nes the enormous aggregate of ST.
oV0,VyO- one-thir1 of tins, or $500. COO.
eoda = actaaiiy dlI PAID cut on election day
and S210, 600 in the shane ar -
ments levied upon candidate The rsa.
naming million Is made Ir,l of s75a nm
paid IN salariesfor hangers On and s.I,.,e.-
iers. = and $3.50, 600. paid to district
leaders In national elections the mounts
are much higher. DetEoit Free Press, :.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
ROSES CT SOUND.

An. whnt celestial art,
And can sweet thoughts become pure tone and
An music, into the tranced mind and hearth
Her hand scarce sttrs the singing, wiry metal
Hear from the Wild rose fan each perfect petaii
Heard thoughts : tho soul of inexpressibio
Roses of sound
That strew melodlous leaves upon the silent
ground;
And music that is rnusic'p very soul.
Without one touch OF earth
Too tender. even, for sorrow, too bright fot
-Rw. Glider In The Century.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
PARNELL's PERSONAL APPEARANCE
How 1T Has Been a1isapprelended and
ExnEgerated.


Exaggerated.
Nature has stamped on the person If
this remarkable man the qualities of his
mind and temperament Eiii face is
singlIlarly handsome, and at a first r-lance
might even appear too delicate to be
strong. The nose is long and thin and
carved, not nodded; the mouth Is well
cut; the checks are pallid; the forehead
perfectly round, and as striking MS the
forehead of the first Napoleon, and the
eyes are dark and unfaihomabIc. The
passer by in the streets, taking casuiiI
look at those beautifully ciIiseled features
and at the air of perfect tranquility,
would be inclined TO think that Mr.. Par
nell was very handsome Young man.
who probably had graduated at West
Point and would in due time die In a
skirnish with the Indilns. But a closer
look would show tie great possibilities
beneath this face. The mouth, especially
the under lip, speaks of q grip that never
looSens; the eye, when 1t is fixed, tells of
the infiexble will beneath, and the tram
quillity of the expression is the tranquility
of the nature that wills and wins.
Similarly with his figure. II looks
slight almost TO frailty; but glance will
show that the bones are large the Iliiss
broad and the walk firm; IN fact, Mr..
Par1lell tramps the ground Tnther than
walks. The hands are firm, and even the
way they grasp pencil has a Significance.
This picture of Parneil Is very unlike the
portraits which have been formed of him
by the imagination of those who have
never met him. When he was first IN the
storm and stress of the era of obstruction
he used to be portrayed In the truthful
pages of English comic journalism with a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
Thesilefit man may i be overlooked now
but he viii get hearing by and by.
Not to b pIsparar.II.

No doubt this is wise remark: s.PoIisb
Is not piety. refinement is not religion.
manners are not morals. - Nevertheless
they are not to bs disparaged when thev
accompany these excellent possessions.-
Gospel Age.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

The best Lamp Burners will kept all Sizes and great
many kinds the best the Leader the Eickok Cal
cium and the "Eecc; while the celebrated Lightning
the best lumnato in this country, and LIGHT
need.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

notice. only quality of Carbon Oil will be kept
here the "Waer White IeadLgh and those who have been
for the will know
the best to be found and always the giving bright
light, and no charring of wicks
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
A Question.

Unity is never going to be the test of
the true education. Tho true progress
viii suffer no such lowering of it, ideal.
It VIII seep-before it. rs. its aim. the de-
velopment of man. and the whole man,
as man. But II will ask whether we
have not overlooked some of man q facul-
ties. 1t will inquire with what reason
we have in the past Instituted feud.
system among the human powers, which
relegates some of them to an undigniiied
servitude, and gives TO others all the
honor and esteem. Have we not over
stepped the limits of science IN this re-
spect?- Science.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

In Stationery good will be kept paper
and the those wanting something unusually
should try Canes Extra Superfne Low priced goods
line also sale.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

A fair stock of Vons Banjo Guitars Accorleons and Haps
always hand Strings variety
Among the best the "Russian Gut
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
FOR SALE.

OToRE House-24 feet by so feet, with
~ ware-room ! feet wide full length of
tore. Lot 66 feet front and sci feet
ep, on 9th street fronting Court House
rd. Good business location.
January 10th, 'S7. WM. SMITH.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
ATTORNHYS.
JOHN w. ENGLISH,
ATTORNEY AT Law.

Point Pleasant, w. Va,
WILL practice in the County of Ma
wv son; the United States District Court
;or West Virginia, and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals of this State. Office in
Court House. uan 3, 1888.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

Full stock of Humphreys Homeopathic Specifies
all the principal Patent Medicines the best quality Drugs
Chemicals aud the nnumeabe little things that everybody expects
to find in retail Drug Store
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

wigwug-I don't know what I'm to
do about that bill / owe at Sontag's. He
aunoys me fearfully
Wife-well, you know if he becomes
unbearabie you can pay it.
Wigwug-Yes, lean do iat.-Dehoit
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13

TonILIrTso1E e WILEY,
attorneys at LesO,
POINT PHEASANT, w. VA,
WILL practice in the County of Ma
w son; the United States District
Court for West Virginia, and in the Sup
rene Court of Appeals. Prompt atten-
ton given to the collection of claims en-
trusted to them. BR-A Also Real Estate
Agents. Lands bought and sold.
Address, Point Pleasant, w. Va.
apr20-1y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-13
Changed Hands.
HILLS
CENTRAL HOTEL,

= lAsAAa44A'Sb 1ASf1 W. Va
w. J. HILL. Proprietor. Nearest Ho.
tel to r. r. Depot, Post Office and bnsi.
ness part of the City. The largest and
best Sample Rooms and Private Parlors
in the State. Free Bus to and from all
trains and steamboats,.
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You can't find everything the world
for i'm Drug Store but effort will be
medicines wanted and if hand will be got
possible.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-13
PITH AND POINT.

Without weariness there is no rest in life, even as without hunger there is no relish of bread.
 Ease may be the result of wealth, but wealth is never the result of ease. -Ieras Sittings
 Good ends iz like hardwood tim Der which alters grows slow, but lasts powerful when it gets its size.
 It is sometimes hard to tell where business sagacity leaves off and down. right rascality begins. - Whitehall Times.
 The man who was to publish a newspaper to suit everybody fell out of Noah's ark and was drowned. -Cdps Ann Advertiser.
 An economist has sagely observed that no matter how large it's popula- tion may become, there will always be enough earth to go round.
 -Wife-''You haven't been inside oi a church since we were married. " Husband - (sorrowfullv) - '.No; a burnt child dreads the fire"
 -Affectation endeavors to correct natural defects, and has always the laudable aim of pleasing, though it al- ways misses it Locke.
 When you meet friend all broken up it's little funny, isn't it. to have him tell you that he's been three weeks in the country recuperating?
 What is written is written; and truth shall stand though pride fall, though vanity lie prone upon its face in dust, and love turn away in heart breaking farewell of its dearer self. Detroit Free Press,
 No Better Than His Company
 By one's surroundings it is shown
 What sort of harvest habit reaps;
 And so manager is known
 By just the company he keeps.
 -ZeTGs Siftings.
 -''Excuse me. sir, but haven't we met beforeP Your face is strangely familiar.'' ''Yes, madam, our host in- troduced us to each other just before dinner" " 'tAb, was positive I had seen you somewhere. Inever forget a face. ."-LJe.
 It is generally conceded that wom- en dress to attract the admira tion of men, and the Pittsburgh DispG asks: But why do men dressP" Well. be- cause they look better that way. They would attract altogether too much at- tention if they didn't dress. Norris to107s Herald
 The old composers were not in- dolent, but they had very treacherous memories. There has not been a year during the past quarter of century that the manuscript of an opera by some noted and long-deceased con- poser has not been discovered It is supposed the author stuffed it away in the pigeon-hole of his desk and forgot it.-NoTrtSto1Cn Herald
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-13
PLAYING SCARECRoW.
How a Busy Editor Made Good Use of
 Lady Caller.

How a Busy Editor Made Good Use of 2 Lady Caller.
 ''Oh, there is little danger of an ordinary mortars growing conceitedr said a lady, in mock despair Pit falls are always waiting for our pride. '' She then went on to say that, having some business with one of the literary worlds great men, the editor of well-known paper. she ventured upon call on him at his office. He was most cordial, and her errand was soon completed to her satisfaction. Just as she was about taking her leave, there came a knock, and she rose at once to go.
 "Oh, pray wait one moment" said the editor. q know that knock. Oblige me by waiting until the gentleman has handed me his manuscript"
 '.I did wait" says the lady, in tell ing the story, land found that the new conner was a celebrated author of our city. He glanced at me, gave the editor a package, and hurried away. To tell the truth, Twas immensely flat tered that the editor should have pre- ferred losing the celebrated mans call to shortening mine. Judge of my feelings when he said, as soon as the door had closed behind the visitor: Ireally beg your pardon for making use of you in this way, madam, but I absolutely couldn'tresist the temptation. Iknew he wouldn't stay if he saw I had a visitor, and his calls are so confound- edly long. "-Yosth's Companion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-13

asking the Colonel to send to me at once, by telegraph, a full and explicit statement of ho1O he had received the money, and let it come at my expense.
 This dispatch Brackett took away; and the clock was striking six as he came back with the answer Here it is-the body of it:
 On Tuesday, the thirteenth instant, shortly after noon, was on my way from Portland, Maine, to N. Y, and thence home. had to pass through your place on wings. Ihad just time to look in at Merriams, where I found -nobodyi Then looked in at Sturgis' where found one of the Wadleigh brothers-l never could tell them apart-and he gave me pack age containing five hundred dollars, saying it had been left only a few moments before by one of Merriam's people. In my driving hurry I put the money in my pocket. Wadleigh said nothing about a receipt, and I didn't stop to think of it. And I have hardly thought of 1t since, till Ireceived your telegram. Whats upf
 WALTER PENNINGTON.
 "Ho, hop cried, when had read. Another case of Twins. A thousand dollars to a penny that you gave that money to Pythi as Wadleigh instead of Damonr'
 And so it proved. Damon and Pythias Wadleigh were twin brothers, as like as two peas Tn a pod, and had both been in Pennington's command during the war. Upon critical over hauling of events in the past it ap- peared that on that Tuesday noon the 1Sth-Pythias chanced to drop into Sturgis' counting-room when his brother was there alone.
 Damon was famished for his lunch, and he asked Pythias to remain on the premises while he went out; and so it had been done.
 So, when Charles Bracket dropped in, he found Pythias, instead ofDamon; but did not know it. When Colonel Pennington looked in at Merriam's place he found it empty, and moved on. He reached StuIgis' not more than two minutes after Bracket had gone; Pythias, knowing him so well and so intimately, had given him the money as matter of course, and thought no more of it Half an hour later, when his brother returned, he came in company with two customers, full of business; so the subject of the Colonel and his money was not touched upon. And from that time the two brothers had not met until this strange business called them to- gether.
 Mir. Merriam, and others concerned, made all the reparation in their power.
 On the merchants promise of due circumspection. I revealed to him the secret of Brackets ability to pay off the mortgage on his mothers house, so the last burden of doubt was lifted from his mind, and he was in the right humor to give his young clerk an ad- vance in position.
 Love is always in order, and always interesting if it be true love; and that leads me, in closing. to say: Albert Christopher and Bella Brackett were married before the snow few; and his parents, when they had come to know his accomplished young wife, were perfectly reconciled, and even happy. -SylUanws Cobb, Jr., i,s N r Ledger.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-13
RHODE ISLAND GOAL.
Valuable Beds of Minerals Underlying tn
 Surface of the Little State.


 Surface of the Little State.
 The following letter has been re- ceived by Thomas J. Hill. of Provi- dence, from w. F. Durfee, we'll known engineer of New York, in rela- ton to the deposits of iron and coal found in Rhode Island. Mir. Durfee is a man of great experience and his opinion of the value of the Rhode Island coal and iron, backed as it is by his knowledge, is of interest and impor- tance. Here is the letter, the formal parts of it being omitted:
 '1t has become popular belief that the day had passed when New England can successfully compete with Pennsyl- vania in the manufacture of iron and steel, but, as the result of recent inves- tigations, am fully persuaded that so far as Rhode Island is concerned this belief is erroneous. l have had. as you know, over thirty years experience in the design, erection and operation of establishments for the manufacture of iron, steel and other metals, and naturally. as the result of that experi- ence, feel qualified to form an intelli- gent opinion of the merits of any pro- posal relating to such industries.
 Recently I have been called upon to report on the feasibility of profit ably manufacturing the best quality of pig iron from the Cumberland iron ore by the use of Rhode Island coal as fuel. Without going into the details (which I am fully prepared to do if requested), have no hesitation in saying that by the use of the ore named. combined with proper pro- portion of foreign ores (which can be brought into Narragansett bay cheaper than at any point in this country where they are now used), there can be made within the limits of the State of Rhode Island at very re- munerative profit as good pig iron as is made anywhere in the United States; iron, in fact, in every way suitable for the manufacture of Bes- semer steel.
 The anthracite coal of Rhode Island, though not we'll adapted for either steam or domestic fuel, by reason of the presence of lime and aiumina, is especially well suited for the use of the blast furnace, as the ingredients named are just what is needed as a Aux for the Rhode Island ores and would have to be supplied from some source. The Rhode Island ore is free from sulphur and contains as much fixed carbon as the average Pennsylvania anthracites.
 As an illustration of the great value of this coal for the manufacture of iron, it may interest you to know that at the present time there is being mined in the town of Cranston and shipped to Pittsburgh from 250 to 800 tons per week of this coal, which is there used in the reduction of iron ore for the manufacture of 'blooms," and so successful has this use of Rhode Island fuel been found. that the parties who are using it are about to largely increase their works Boston Herald
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-13
Marie Antolnette.s piadem.

A well-known resident of Buffalo has just returned home from a trip to Europe. Among other souvenirs he brought with him diadem made for and worn by Marie Antoinette. The fillet is plain band of Roman gold. inlaid with mosaic of opals, tur- quoises, rubies and sapphires, depict ing the incidents of the lives of Helen and Dido. Above this rises spray pattern of beaten gold, exquisitely wrought. supporting border of feur de lis composed of rose diamonds and pearls. Three of the diamonds are from the famous Golconda mines. The monogram of the unhappy Queen is engraved on the inside of the fillet. This is said somehow to have escaped the notice of the auctioneer, else it might have brought mush more than was paid for it. 50, 800 frS-Je,OeEers' WeeELy.